Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I instructed | 'ana darristaacnaa darrist | أنا َ د َرّ ِست |
| We instructed | 'ihna darrisnaiicHnaa darrisnaa | إحنا َ د َرّ ِسنا |
| You(m) instructed | 'inta darristiicnta darrist | إنت َ د َرّ ِست |
| You(f) instructed | 'inti darristiiicnti darristy | إنت ِ د َرّ ِستي |
| You(pl) instructed | 'intu darristuiicntoo darristoo | إنتوا د َرّ ِستوا |
| He/it(m) instructed | huwa darrishuwa darris | هـُو َ د َرّ ِس |
| She/it(f) instructed | hiya darrisithiya darrisit | هـِي َ د َرّ ِسـِت |
| They instructed | humma darrisuhumma darrisoo | هـُمّ َ د َرّ ِسوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might instruct | 'ana yimkin 'adarrisaacnaa yimkin aacdarris | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أد َرّ ِس |
| We might instruct | 'ihna yimkin nidarrisiicHnaa yimkin nidarris | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِد َرّ ِس |
| You(m) might instruct | 'inta yimkin tidarrisiicnta yimkin tidarris | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َرّ ِس |
| You(f) might instruct | 'inti yimkin tidarrisiiicnti yimkin tidarrisy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِد َرّ ِسي |
| You(pl) might instruct | 'intu yimkin tidarrisuiicntoo yimkin tidarrisoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِد َرّ ِسوا |
| He/it(m) might instruct | huwa yimkin yidarrishuwa yimkin yidarris | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َرّ ِس |
| She/it(f) might instruct | hiya yimkin tidarrishiya yimkin tidarris | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َرّ ِس |
| They might instruct | humma yimkin yidarrisuhumma yimkin yidarrisoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َرّ ِسوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I instruct | 'ana badarrisaacnaa badarris | أنا َ بـَد َرّ ِس |
| We instruct | 'ihna bindarrisiicHnaa bindarris | إحنا َ بـِند َرّ ِس |
| You(m) instruct | 'inta bitdarrisiicnta bitdarris | إنت َ بـِتد َرّ ِس |
| You(f) instruct | 'inti bitdarrisiiicnti bitdarrisy | إنت ِ بـِتد َرّ ِسي |
| You(pl) instruct | 'intu bitdarrisuiicntoo bitdarrisoo | إنتوا بـِتد َرّ ِسوا |
| He/it(m) instructs | huwa biyidarrishuwa biyidarris | هـُو َ بـِيـِد َرّ ِس |
| She/it(f) instructs | hiya bitdarrishiya bitdarris | هـِي َ بـِتد َرّ ِس |
| They instruct | humma biyidarrisuhumma biyidarrisoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِد َرّ ِسوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will instruct | 'ana hadarrisaacnaa hadarris | أنا َ هـَد َرّ ِس |
| We will instruct | 'ihna handarrisiicHnaa handarris | إحنا َ هـَند َرّ ِس |
| You(m) will instruct | 'inta hatdarrisiicnta hatdarris | إنت َ هـَتد َرّ ِس |
| You(f) will instruct | 'inti hatdarrisiiicnti hatdarrisy | إنت ِ هـَتد َرّ ِسي |
| You(pl) will instruct | 'intu hatdarrisuiicntoo hatdarrisoo | إنتوا هـَتد َرّ ِسوا |
| He/it(m) will instruct | huwa hayidarrishuwa hayidarris | هـُو َ هـَيـِد َرّ ِس |
| She/it(f) will instruct | hiya hatdarrishiya hatdarris | هـِي َ هـَتد َرّ ِس |
| They will instruct | humma hayidarrisuhumma hayidarrisoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِد َرّ ِسوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) instruct! | darrisdarris | د َرّ ِس |
| You(f) instruct! | darrisidarrisy | د َرّ ِسي |
| You(pl) instruct! | darrisudarrisoo | د َرّ ِسوا |
